Thread: Why no tsuba?
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Old 02-23-2012, 03:24 PM   #185
graham christian
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Re: Why no tsuba?

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Christopher Li wrote: View Post
What if Tohei himself told you that? He was never coy about it, he really had no formal sword training - although he often taught with a bokuto. He even wrote it down, in "Ki no Kakuritsu".

That doesn't mean that what he was doing was bad (or good), but the assumption that anyone Japanese must have sword training is...mistaken, IMO.

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Chris
So he taught bokken. As I said. Therefor he must have learned it first. As I said. I didn't say anyone Japanese. Why misquote me? Strange for a translator.

G.